Beauty and personal care · Metro area · Utah
Hair salons in the Salt Lake City-Murray, UT metro area
How the Salt Lake City-Murray, UT metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for hair salons: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 62 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #78 of 387 scored metro areas
#4 of 5 scored metro areas based in Utah
- Listings
- 999
- 158 chain locations (16%)
- Official establishments
- 415
- +18.6% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $504.1M
- On personal care products and services · $1,120 a household
- Spending per listing
- $505K
- 17% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 22.2
- 5% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 1,308,377
- +3.8% since 2020
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What this means
Households in the Salt Lake City-Murray metro area spend about $504.1M a year on personal care products and services, or $1,120 per household, 11% above the U.S. average. That works out to $505K per salon, 17% above the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.
There are 999 hair salons on map listings in the Salt Lake City-Murray metro area as of September 2026. Of those, 158 are chain locations, or 16%, against 14% across the U.S. That is 22.2 per 10,000 households, 5% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
Official counts show 415 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in the Salt Lake City-Murray metro area in 2023, up 18.6% from 2019. That is one for every 1,085 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Another 2,743 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 25 SBA-backed loans worth $12.4M have gone to businesses classed as beauty salons in the Salt Lake City-Murray metro area.
Population estimates show the Salt Lake City-Murray metro area grew 3.8% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for hair salons in the Salt Lake City-Murray metro area is 62 (upper middle), #78 of 387 scored metro areas and #4 of 5 scored metro areas based in Utah. That puts it in the top quarter of metro areas.
How the Salt Lake City-Murray metro area compares
The same measures for Utah and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all personal care products and services by the hair salons counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.
| Measure | Salt Lake City-Murray metro area | Utah | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 22.2 | 20.0 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $505K | $551K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,085 | 1,173 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +18.6% | +27.7% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.8% | +7.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $1,120 | $1,100 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $98,083 | $95,166 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 62 | 69 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 415+18.6% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 2,002
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $52.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 2,743Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 999158 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 1,171The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 25
- Amount
- $12.4M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as beauty salons in the Salt Lake City-Murray metro area, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3.
Population and households in the Salt Lake City-Murray metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 1,308,377+3.8% since 2020
- Households
- 450,170
- Median age
- 34.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 67%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 7,793 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 164
- Median household income
- $98,083+31.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $124,953
- Median home value
- $515,400
- Jobs located here
- 794,734
- Daytime population
- 1,412,074Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in Utah
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT | 76 | 346 | 16.7 | $678K | +14.5% | #11 of 387 |
| 2Ogden, UT | 71 | 404 | 18.9 | $596K | +5.3% | #25 of 387 |
| 3Logan, UT-ID | 67 | 76 | 15.4 | $656K | +8.8% | #45 of 387 |
| 4Salt Lake City-Murray, UT | 62 | 999 | 22.2 | $505K | +3.8% | #78 of 387 |
| 5St. George, UT | 58 | 154 | 22.1 | $460K | +17.4% | #120 of 387 |
Other business types in the Salt Lake City-Murray metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
- Salons, barbers and spas49
- Hair salons62
- Barbershops51
- Nail salons54
- Spas and skin care38
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in the Salt Lake City-Murray, UT metro area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 999 hair salons in the Salt Lake City-Murray metro area. 158 of them (16%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 415 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023, up 18.6% from 2019. Official counts list 2,743 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Salt Lake City-Murray, UT metro area spend on personal care products and services?
About $504.1M a year, or $1,120 per household. That is 11% above the U.S. average (an index of 111, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 999 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $505K per salon. That spending covers all personal care products and services, which hair salons share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 450,170 households in the Salt Lake City-Murray metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Salt Lake City-Murray, UT metro area compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
The Salt Lake City-Murray metro area has 22.2 hair salons per 10,000 households, 5% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $505K, 17% above the U.S. figure of $430K. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, the Salt Lake City-Murray metro area would have about 1,171, against 999 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,085 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. The official count rose 18.6% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is the Salt Lake City-Murray, UT metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Salt Lake City-Murray metro area at 1,308,377 people in 2025, up 3.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 450,170 households. Median household income in the Salt Lake City-Murray metro area is $98,083, 21% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 31.1%, before inflation.
What is the Groundwork market score?
The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. The Salt Lake City-Murray metro area scores 62 for hair salons (upper middle), #78 of 387 scored metro areas.
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